Friday, July 18, 2014

Know –
the famous Reginald Jeeves – from PG Wodehouse !!...There are famous
cars and ‘Lamborghini Gallardo’ – a sports model, a best selling one at that - with
14,022 being built throughout its lifetime. The Lamborghini Gallardo made its
debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 2003, with a V10 engine, all-wheel drive and
relatively high production numbers for a Lamborghini, it easily became the the
company's best-selling car. Ten years later, Gallardo production ended to make
room for a new super sportscar. The last
Gallardo (no. 14022) to roll off the
assembly line was a LP 570-4 Spyder Performante in Rosso Mars (Mars Red).

You
see heroes (rich and famous) driving such costly cars – make a stylish turn,
stop in front of a hotel / establishment – step out in style wearing costly
designer wear – an assistant comes running, bends in respect, collects the keys
- confidently takes the vehicle away, to
be parked in proper place and brought back as the guest steps back… !! – Valet Parking
– services offered at many places… but simple persons like us – tremble – do not
know how to gracefully accept this service – at times apprehend what will
happen to the vehicle and its contents – what will happen if they do some minor
damage to the vehicle – and if nothing else, they alter the seating position
and more ….

Valet (Noun) :

1. a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his
employer, as by taking care of clothing orthe like; manservant.

2. a man who is employed for cleaning and pressing,
laundering, and similar services for patrons of ahotel, passengers on a ship,
etc.

3. an attendant who parks cars for patrons at a hotel,
restaurant, etc.

4. a stand or rack for holding coats, hats, etc.

Valet and varlet
are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer.
In the Middle Ages and ancien Regime, valet de chambre was a role for junior
courtiers and specialists such as artists in a royal court, but the plain term
most often refers to a normal servant responsible for the clothes and personal
belongings of an employer, and making minor arrangements. Valet parking is a
parking service offered by some restaurants, stores, and other businesses.

Here
is something why valet and Lamborghini Gallardo are in news ….. – a Valet caused
£200,000 of damage to guest's Lamborghini Gallardo after smashing it into a
wall at five-star Indian hotel; the front end of sleek white supercar was
severely crumpled in incident at hotel ~ a Police case has been filed against
hotel, which refuses to accept responsibility, as well as the valet… !!!

The incident
reportedly occurred at Le Meridien hotel where the front end of the sleek white
supercar was severely crumpled in the incident at, which was reportedly
captured on CCTV. The incident has been reported in a no. of newspapers in India and
globally too. Reports further state that
CCTV footage reportedly showed the valet bringing the car from the parking area to the porch of
the multi-storey hotel, which hosts several glitzy restaurants and a bar, and
then briefly get out. After climbing back behind the wheel, he then lurched
forward inexplicably, sending a colleague diving for cover before piling
head-on into the wall, injuring himself in the process.

The vehicle was crumpled and the valet was
taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which reportedly were not
severe. Reports further suggest that the owner did make a Police complaint
against the hotel which refused to accept the responsibility for the act of the
valet.

In a
totally different incident, a man in Essex, UK, took a test drive and crashed a
Ferrari F458, a 2014 demo model, is capable of 0-60mph in three seconds. The vehicle 14-plate Ferrari F458 that can reach speeds of 202mph, was taken out
from a dealer based in Colchester, by a
man wearing an expensive suit and
reportedly driven down the overtaking lane of the A12 near Essex
when he lost control. The red supercar spun into a nearby Volkswagen Bora,
before smashing into the central reservation, according to witnesses. Police
were called to the scene, where they discovered the remains of the vehicle on
the southbound carriageway between Dedham
and Langham. Incredibly, no-one was injured in the crash !!

Jeeves,
created in 1915 by P. G. Wodehouse, starred in a series of stories until
Wodehouse's death in 1975; Reginald Jeeves, a fictional character, is considered the "personification of the
perfect valet".Both the name "Jeeves" and the character of
Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a
valet or butler inspiring many similar characters. Ask.com (originally known as
Ask Jeeves) is a question answering-focused web search engine founded in 1995
by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley,
California.